The first burial in this Jewish cemetery in Winnipeg occurred in 1894, after it was determined that an earlier cemetery in eastern Winnipeg was too prone to flooding. In the cemetery are two of the only Jewish mausoleums in western Canada, erected in 1917 and 1947.

Shaarey Zedek Cemetery (2010)Source: Google

Site Location (lat/long): N49.944337, W97.114022denoted by symbol on the map above

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